Angela Bauer,
May 7, 2022
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Anna May attends the CEO Trade Show as part of the Morgan-Scott CEO program. May developed her small business, Get On Board Charcuterie, as part of the program.
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The Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corp. and Illinois College are working together on a geo-fencing program to help JREDC recruit potential employees in the area.
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Nash Lawn Service was developed as a small business through the Morgan-Scott CEO program.
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The Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corp. celebrates economic development week starting Monday.
The seventh annual week, which runs through May 15, is supported by the International Economic Development Council to raise awareness of regional programs that create jobs, enable career advancement and improve a community’s quality of life.
In Morgan and Scott counties, JREDC is celebrating its efforts to build relationships to support the five-year regional economic development plan, which includes: improving the region’s locational quality; creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem; strengthening the workforce in the region; Supporting existing businesses to expand and grow; development of available land in the region; constructive engagement in community-based organizations; and pursuing a development that diversifies the region’s economy.
According to JREDC, the organization is working to build relationships between developers, business owners and community leaders to grow business in the Jacksonville area. It also manages the Jacksonville Regional Enterprise Zone by administering sales tax and property tax rebate incentives for qualifying projects and working with former MacMurray College landowners to add these lots to the Enterprise Zone.
Some of the selling points JREDC is using to market the Jacksonville area to new businesses include its reliable public infrastructure, affordable housing, quality education, exceptional availability of healthcare, and the recent installation of fiber optic broadband in Jacksonville and South Jacksonville.
Angela Bauer has served as Editor and Lifestyle Editor for the Jacksonville Journal-Courier since July 2012. A native of Evansville, Indiana, she grew up in Paducah, Kentucky and served as an intern at the Paducah Sun. She has also been a reporter, lifestyle editor, and newspaper editor in Kentucky and Florida. In her (limited) free time she enjoys baking, quilting and reading; and enjoys the ` Stylebook more than (she’s told) one should. She is always on the lookout for a quality mug of hot chocolate.
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